Bridgeton pioneer., 1887-05-12

questions asked and answered, four
teen True Bills handed to the Clerk,
and they were discharged for the term.
In the afternoon the ship case was
resumed, and the defense continued
the introduction of the testimony. The
first witness called was Capt. Bowman,
part owner and skipper of the Dove"
on the night of Jan. Sth, 1886, and one
of the defendants. He continued his
testimony under the direction of Mr..
which the Dove" was secured that
night, and the precaution taken to in
sure safety for his own and the neigh
boring boats. Explained much as the
other witnesses had done, the direction,
force of the wind, and the immediate
scene of the disaster. Thought he had
done all that prudent seamanship die
tated in the matter. Said that Capt.
Robert Lore, master of the Davis
and one of it's owners had told him he
would not pay cent if he was in wit
ness place. Had sold oysters to the
Sites for year and more and made
his noorings that night in the manner
he did, SO as to be in position to de-
liver his cargo on Sites wharf in the
mooring.
Upon cross oss-examination by Col. Pot
ter, witness stated that he did not
touch the Davis when he rounded to
and came in. Nothing prevented him
from mooring alongside the Tidal
Waye,n but moored where he did for
convenience of landing his oysters. 1t
was a usual thing to do as he did. Had
seven lines out from the Dove" that
night. Parted several. Had been
fastened to the "Tidal Waven from an
hour and half to two hours, before
Capt. Newcomb came up and showed
the Davis loose. The night was
'pretty sharp
William Ladow is also one of the de-
PENDANTS, and part owner of the
Dove" was on board on the night in
question, aided in fastening the boat.
Has followed the sea for fifteen years.
Saw Capt. Newcomb shove the
Davis" off, and thougt the Davis"
might have been saved had Capt.
Newcomb exercised proper care, and
not pushed the boat away.
On cross-examination said he did
not believe the Dove" tore the
Davis loose. 1t is customary to lay
boats up and leave them alone on Sat
urday nights.
Lucius Yates, an oysterman, said
the night was pretty rough. Some of
his boats were damaged by the same
storm to the extent of $50 to him.
Cross-examined, and said that his
boat that was damaged lay near the
''Davis," f" which ran into her
Capt. bowman was recalled, and
said he saw two other boats that had
broken loose and were damaged the
same night.
Confirmatory testimony was given
by Henry Shaw, VIM. Pepper, Capt.
Peter Crosier, VIM. Spencer and Clar-
ence Philphot, after which the de-
fense rested.
The Court allowed each side fifteen
minutes in which to sum up to the
Jury, and Hon. Jas. H. Nixon, and
Col. Potter, did this service for the
defendant and plaintiff, respectively,
in their usual trenchant style. The
Court then adjourned until this morn
ing.
FRIDAYS SESSION.
80 yez, o yez," rhymed out Crier
Young. and simultaneously Herewith
the clock in the Court House belfrey
! tolled the hour of ten. The Jurors in
the ACKNOWLEDGMENT suit were in
their places, and all the Court officers
were present. These, with the excep-
tion of the attorneys and few other
persons whose presence was made
necessary by the fact that Court was
in session, were the only attendants.
Barnum's street parade proved a
greater attraction than the show on
the hill.
Judge Reed delivered his charge in
the above mentioned case, and went
over the facts and the law applicable
thereto in a most thorough manner,
placing the issues to be determined,
fairly and clearly before the jury, after
which they retired. They remained
out until exactly 12 o'clock, noon,
when they returned and delivered a
verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of
$11034. AS the Jury left the room
to make up their verdict, they were
followed by Sheriff Williams, and a
posse of Constables, who repaired to
the Jail to get prisoners against whom
indictments had been returned. While
the Court awaited their return, j.
Boyd Nixon asked the discharge of
the recognizances in the bribery cases,
as he was informed by the Prosecu-